Michael Nesmith

Known for ActingBorn 1942-12-30Died 2021-12-10Houston, Texas, USA

Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist. He was best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968). His songwriting credits include "Different Drum", which became a hit for Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys. After the break-up of the Monkees, Nesmith continued his successful songwriting and performing career, first with the seminal country rock group the First National Band, with whom he had a top-40 hit, "Joanne", and then as a solo artist. He often played a custom-built Gretsch 12-string electric with the Monkees and afterwards. Nesmith founded Pacific Arts, a multimedia production and distribution company, in 1974, through which he helped pioneer the music video format. He created one of the first American television programs dedicated to music videos, PopClips, which aired on Nickelodeon in 1980. He was asked to help produce and create MTV, but had prior commitments with his production company. In 1981, he won the first Grammy Award for Video of the Year for his hour-long television show, Elephant Parts. He was also an executive producer of the film Repo Man (1984). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Nesmith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees

Laurel Canyon

E! True Hollywood Story

I Want My MTV

Monkees Screen Tests

MTV Video Music Awards

Television Parts

Behind the Music

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Barbecue Death Squad From Hell

An Evening with Sir William Martin

Saturday Night Live

Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees

Making The Monkees

Repo Man

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Elephant Parts

Top of the Pops

The Monkees

Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce

Head

Tapeheads

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

The Northville Cemetery Massacre

Burglar

Square Dance

33 ⅓ Revolutions per Monkee

Boyce & Hart: The Guys Who Wrote 'Em

Michael Nesmith: Austin City Limits

Michael Nesmith Live at the Britt Festival

Dr. Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce

Television Parts Home Companion

PopClips